 | George Moberly - 1846 - 394 pages
...bodies by this Divine operation may be, we cannot say. As " the wind bloweth where it listeth, and we hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth," so viewless, deep, and mysterious are the inward workings of the Holy Ghost, whereby our souls... | |
 | 1846 - 742 pages
...we doubt the power of either one or the other ? " The wind bloweth when it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth ;" and yet we have no difficulty in realizing to ourselves both its existence and its power.... | |
 | John England - 1849 - 520 pages
...operations of Deity. No man hath seen God at any time: and as tlie wind bloweth where it listcth, and we hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh, or whither it goeth, so is every one that is born of the Spirit. The Eucharistie elements are matter of sensible... | |
 | 1851 - 408 pages
...train, lighting the waters with a mysterious phosphorescence. " The wind bloweth where it listeth and we hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh, or whither it goeth." Thus, everywhere — above, around, beneath, do we find this dark stranger — mystery. The... | |
 | William Greenleaf Eliot - Sermons, American - 1853 - 212 pages
...operation of the Divine Spirit is real and effectual : but as " the wind bloweth where it listeth, and we hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth, so is every one born of the Spirit." Finally : The proof of Regeneration is in the life. "Let... | |
 | Bible - 1853 - 344 pages
...operation. Of the air, or atmosphere that surrounds the earth we know nothing, but by its effects. We hear the sound thereof but cannot tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth. When the unchained tempest roars against the mountain and uproots its sturdiest trees ; or sweeps... | |
 | Tracts - 1853 - 318 pages
...operation of the Divine Spirit is real and effectual : but as " the wind bloweth where it listeth, and we hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth, so is every one born of the Spirit." Finally : The proof of Regeneration is in the life. "Let... | |
 | William Greenleaf Eliot - Christianity - 1855 - 200 pages
...operation of the Divine Spirit is real and effectual : but as " the wind bloweth where it listeth, and we hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth, so is every one born of the Spirit." Finally : The proof of Regeneration is in the life. "Let... | |
 | George P.Sanger - 1855 - 782 pages
...for the last tea years, find an appropriate emblem in that wind which bloweth where it listeth. Men hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth. If the magnetism of the earth be liable to these various mutations, some of which are so regular... | |
 | American essays - 1883 - 884 pages
...respect that we know it to be a fact ; it is a mystery in the respect that we cannot understand it. We hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth. It is the witness put into humanity that it is kindred with God. We know not what it is, but... | |
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Spirit is real and effectual : but as " the wind bloweth where it listeth, and we hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth, so is every one born of the Spirit. 
